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Liaison Librarian: Dr. Yelena Pancheshnikov
Location: Murray
Room: LIB 122.10
Phone: 966-5997
Email: Yelena.Pancheshnikov@usask.ca


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Academic Search Complete (ASC) 1887 - present Bookmark and Share
A comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database indexing 11,900 journals, with more than 7,900 full-text periodicals, including more than 6,800 peer-reviewed journals. In addition it indexes 12,600 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. [details]
GeoBase® 1973 - present Bookmark and Share
A bibliographic abstract and indexing database covering human and physical geography, ecology, geology, oceanography, geomechanics, and development studies. It indexes 2,000 journals from 1973 onwards. [details]
Sage Urban Studies Abstracts 1998- Bookmark and Share
All aspects of urban studies including urban planning and land use, architecture and urban design, transportation and communication, rural development, environment and resource conservation.
Scopus A&I: 1823 - present; complete metadata including references: 1996 - present Bookmark and Share
A very large abstract and index database of research literature and quality web sources covering the science, technolgy, and medicine (STM), and social sciences. [details]
Web of Science® with Conference Proceedings WOS SCI: 1899 - present; SSCI: 1956-present; A&HCI: 1975-present ; CPSI-S: 1990-present; CPSI-SSH: 1990-present Bookmark and Share
Collection of three citation databases, providing abstracts and indexing and cited reference searching to approximately 10,000 high impact scholarly research journals worldwide, including Open Access journals and over 110,000 conference proceedings, and covering topics in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. Access Note: By default all five sub-databases are searched. To select one or more databases, change the default by clicking on [Change Limits and Settings] . [details]

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ArticleFirst OCLC FirstSearch 1990 - present Bookmark and Share
Bibliographic database indexing articles from over 16,000 journals covering business, science, humanities, social science, medicine, technology and popular culture. [details]
Bibliography of Native North Americans (BNNA) 16th C. - present Bookmark and Share
Bibliographic database covering all aspects of native culture, history and life in North America, Greenland, and eastern Siberia, including: archaeology, multicultural relations, gaming, governance, legend, and literacy. [details]
BioOne BioOne.1 and BioOne.2 2000 - present; full text coverage varies by title Bookmark and Share
A collection of over 155 high-impact, peer-reviewed, scholarly journals and bulletins from small societies and non-commercial publishers covering the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences, plus high quality open access journals and an ebook, The Arabidopsis Book. [details]
Canadian Research Index (CRI) Formerly known as Microlog 1982 - present Bookmark and Share
Index to Canadian "depository publications of research value issued by federal, provincial, and territorial governments (except Nunavut). Also includes hard-to-find non-depository publications; scientific and technical reports; policy, social economic and political reports; Statistics Canada monographs and serials." [details]
Dissertations & Theses @ University of Saskatchewan 1963 - present; full text at least from 1997 Bookmark and Share
Database of dissertations and theses produced by students at the University of Saskatchewan. Full text is available since at least 1997. SEE ALSO Dissertations & Theses: Full Text (ProQuest) [details] for worldwide coverage. [details]
EconLit 1969 - present Bookmark and Share
Abstract and indexing database covering all fields of economics, including capital markets, country studies, econometrics, economic forecasting, environmental economics, government regulations, labor economics, monetary theory, urban economics and much more. [details]
Electronic Collections Online ECO 1995 - present Bookmark and Share
Index of 5000+ scholarly journals covering multidisciplinary subjects, including: agriculture, anthropology, business, economics, education, fine arts, geography, history, language, law, library science, literature, medicine, philosophy, political science, psychology, religion, science, social sciences, and technology. [details]
Expanded Academic ASAP 1980 - present Bookmark and Share
From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this full text database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images! [details]
Gender Studies Database 1972 & earlier - present Bookmark and Share
Combines NISC's Women's Studies International and Men's Studies databases with coverage of sexual diversity studies issues. [details]
General Reference Center Gold 1980 - present Bookmark and Share
"A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources - newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications. Find articles on current events, popular culture, business and industry trends, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more." [details]
GeoRef & GeoRef in Process (Legacy PQ Platform) 1693 - present (North America coverage); 1933 - present (Worldwide coverage) Bookmark and Share
Index and abstract database covering geoscience journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports and theses. Also includes GeoRef in Process, a pre-publicaton database [details]
General OneFile 1980 - present http://find.galegroup.com/gtx/dispAdvSearch.do?prodId=ITOF&userGroupName=usaskmain Bookmark and Share
A one-stop source for news and full text periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics.
SEARCH TIP: Searching General OneFile is equivalent to cross-searching several other Gale databases, including: General Reference Center Gold, Business Index ASAP, Expanded Academic ASAP, LegalTrac, and more. [details]
IngentaConnect The home of scholarly research Coverage varies Bookmark and Share
A bibliolgraphic database indexing and abstracts from nearly 30,000 multidiciplinary scholarly and professional journals. Also includes full text of hundreds of journals subscribed to by the University of Saskatchewan Library. Access Note: To access the full text of journal subscribed to, authorized users must be authenticated using their NSID number or Library card login. [details]
Journal Citation Reports® JCR Science Edition; JCR Social Sciences Edition From 2004 to the last complete year. Updated in June of each year Bookmark and Share
"Allows you to evaluate and compare journals using citation data drawn from over 7,500 scholarly and technical journals from more than 3,300 publishers in over 60 countries." There are two editions: JCR Science Edition and JCR Social Sciences Edition [details]
JSTOR Volume 1 through to a "moving wall" embargo period of the last 2 to 5 years that varies by title Bookmark and Share
Fulltext archive of core scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, social sciences and sciences, as well as 19th century British pamphlets. A unique e-journal database of complete backfiles of core scholarly journals in the arts and sciences. [details]
Sociological Abstracts (ProQuest) 1952 - present Bookmark and Share
A bibliographic database, abstracting and indexing "the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,800+ serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers." [details]
SpringerLink Journals: Volume 1, issue 1 - present; Books & Reference Works: 2005 - 2011 + selected pre-2005; Book Series: 1997 - 2011 (selected) Bookmark and Share
A portal to Springer (and the former Kluwer Academic Publishers) electronic journals, electronic books, book series, and reference works. The library has access to over 2000 electronic journals, 32,000 electronic books, 1000 book series, and 186 reference works (in Feb., 2011). [details]
Ulrichsweb.com Ulrich's Periodicals Directory Currrent Bookmark and Share
An authoritative knowledgebase of information about more than 300,000 serials of all types from around the world – academic and scholarly journals, peer-reviewed titles, Open access journals, online publications, newspapers and other resources. [details]

Newspapers and Periodicals

Canadian Newsstand Major Dailies & Prairies Varies; 1985 - present Bookmark and Share
Major Canadian dailies and news sources and newspapers from across Canada and the Prairie region. [details]
CBCA Reference & Current Events Index: 1972 - present; full text: 1980 - present Bookmark and Share
A full text database covering Canadian business, culture, current events, history and government. It includes articles from trade journals, general business publications, academic journals, topical journals, and professional publications. [details]
CPI.Q (Canadian Periodicals Index Quarterly) Indexing: 1980 - present; full text 1983 - present Bookmark and Share
A full text database of articles from Canadian and International journals, magazines and reference content from Gale, all with a Canadian focus. Includes Canada's national newspaper, The Globe and Mail; Maclean's weekly magazine; Canadian News Facts; and reference materials, such as the Canadian Parliamentary Guide and Canadian Newsmakers. [details]
Factiva 1985 - present (includes current day) Bookmark and Share
A news service, covering global and business news and information from over 10,000 authoritative sources including The Globe and Mail, National Post, The Toronto Star, Winnipeg Free Press, The Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, Dow Jones and Reuters newswires and the Associated Press, and D&B company profiles.
NOTE: At the end of your session, please "logout" by clicking on the link on the upper right of the screen to end your session. The Library's license permits only three simultaneous users. [details]